Climate-Related Death of Coral Around World Alarms Scientists
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#2This is truly sad. Wonder what effects on the larger ecosystem the death of this amount of coral will have.
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#3There is a whole lot of climate change evidence coming out that is terrifying.
At what point does this become so scary that something happens to increase the taxes on fossil fuels so that consumption will go down?
Falling renewable prices are not enough, and use-based taxes are the single best way to let individuals make their own decisions about what/how much to use.
Carbon credits are a good market-based solution too, but it seems likely that people and industries will try to game the system.
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#4At this point I welcome catastrophe. Nobody listens anyway so a clear message from nature is the only way.
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#5It's sad how many apps are being written lately by "innovators" and "entrepreneurs" to try and monetize already existing free services that function perfectly. Where are the real innovators and scientists who will tackle the biggest threat humanity has ever faced? Is it only Musk and Cook and Bezos amongst us?
We need to stop writing apps to monetize what is already provided to consumers as free services and focus on the big issues of today.
We should use technology to solve the biggest problems. Our talent to code and design systems should be used in ways that move society further towards sustainability.
Climate change could ruin everything we have ever built. Everything we ever do in our lives including our families could fade forever if we don't act swiftly.
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#6There is a whole lot of climate change evidence coming out that is terrifying. At what point does this become so scary that something happens to increase the taxes on fossil fuels so that consumption will go down? Falling renewable prices are not enough, and use-based taxes are the single best way to let individuals make their own decisions about what/how much to use. Carbon credits are a good market-based solution t…
So true. Washington is too tainted by vested interests that seek to procrastinate shift. Time has literally run out. From here we are already in catch up mode.
It seems like a revolution is necessary to stop them from acting against humanity's long term existence for their short term financial gain.
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#7There is a whole lot of climate change evidence coming out that is terrifying. At what point does this become so scary that something happens to increase the taxes on fossil fuels so that consumption will go down? Falling renewable prices are not enough, and use-based taxes are the single best way to let individuals make their own decisions about what/how much to use. Carbon credits are a good market-based solution t…
It's very sad that reefs are dying, but it seems that their whole existence was very much tied to a very specific amount of carbon in the atmosphere. (about 265 ppm co2)
The scary thing is that these reefs are so incredibly diverse & their creation took millions of years. Millions of years to create and they can be globally destroyed in just 200 or so years.
It's also scary is to consider what else may be balanced just as precariously.
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#8This is truly sad. Wonder what effects on the larger ecosystem the death of this amount of coral will have.
Many ecosystems have been already reduced to:
grass, goat, pig, sheep, cow, person, dog, cat
Currently we catch wild fish to eat. That will cease some day (we'll run out) & we will grow most of our fish in farms.
So.... these are probably the last 100 years of wildlife. Unless people make drastic changes.
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#9It's sad how many apps are being written lately by "innovators" and "entrepreneurs" to try and monetize already existing free services that function perfectly. Where are the real innovators and scientists who will tackle the biggest threat humanity has ever faced? Is it only Musk and Cook and Bezos amongst us? We need to stop writing apps to monetize what is already provided to consumers as free services and focus on…
So you're asking people to stop wanting money?
The people who want to solve life threatening problems will do so and the people who want to make "trivial" apps to make lots of money will do so.
Asking us to just do the former is pointless.
Also what about people who aren't entrepreneurs and work at industries like finance, law, and first country problems? Shouldn't they be held under the same scrutiny? What's so special about tech entrepreneurs that they'll should be more responsible? Knowing how to code Ruby and deploy in Docker is not the same skill set needed to come up with climate change solutions.
Re: Climate-Related Death of Coral Around World Alarms Scientists
#10It's sad how many apps are being written lately by "innovators" and "entrepreneurs" to try and monetize already existing free services that function perfectly. Where are the real innovators and scientists who will tackle the biggest threat humanity has ever faced? Is it only Musk and Cook and Bezos amongst us? We need to stop writing apps to monetize what is already provided to consumers as free services and focus on…
So you're asking people to stop wanting money? The people who want to solve life threatening problems will do so and the people who want to make "trivial" apps to make lots of money will do so. Asking us to just do the former is pointless. Also what about people who aren't entrepreneurs and work at industries like finance, law, and first country problems? Shouldn't they be held under the same scrutiny? What's so spec…
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